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Bookkeeping + fractional CFO for contractors

Your P&L says you're winning. Your bank says you're not.

We do the books and run the numbers for builders. Job-by-job margin. WIP. A 13-week cash plan you can trust. Bank-ready reports. An operator does the work — not a faceless firm — and you see where every dollar goes, job by job.

$28K
Avg. cash found in year one
3–5x
Return on our fee
21 days
Faster on AR, on average

Also run ServiceTitan? See the AI systems we install on it.

What we run for you
  • NAHB job costing — margin on every job, not just the year
  • WIP schedules + retainage tracked the way banks want them
  • A 13-week cash forecast so payroll is never a surprise
  • QuickBooks wired to your PM software, clean and matched
  • Bank-ready reports and a quarterly call with your CFO

One flat monthly fee. You always see your numbers first.

Wired in with the tools you already use

QuickBooks Online ProAdvisorBuildertrend Integration PartnerProcore IntegrationKnowify IntegrationNAHB MemberBBB Accredited Business

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One operator. Two systems.

The same operator runs your money and your operations.

Most shops buy these from two strangers who never talk. We build both, and we make them fit together. Start with the books. Add the AI when you're ready.

Your financial system
Salisbury Bookkeeping

The books, done right by an operator who guarantees clarity: NAHB job costing, WIP, 13-week cash, and a fractional CFO on call. You see real numbers, job by job.

  • Bookkeeping built for construction
  • Fractional CFO + bank-ready reports
  • Job costing, WIP, retainage, 13-week cash
Your operations system
Top Builder AI

AI on the ServiceTitan you already run. It catches the missed and after-hours calls, books them, and weighs margin on dispatch. You approve every change; the numbers stay locked.

  • Missed-call + after-hours recovery
  • Booking and dispatch that weighs margin
  • Runs on your existing ServiceTitan
The problem

You know this feeling.

  • 01

    You finish a job. You're sure you made money. The bank says different.

  • 02

    You don't know which jobs print cash and which ones bleed.

  • 03

    The reports on your desk weren't built for construction. They feel useless.

  • 04

    You guess at change orders. You miss billings. You eat the loss.

  • 05

    You want to bid bigger work. But you can't see 60 days out.

It's not you. It's the system. Most accounting setups weren't built for how construction money moves.

How we think

Think of your books like code.

Your jobs run in one app. Your money lives in another. Your WIP lives in a third. We wire them together like a clean API. No duct tape. No copy-paste. Data flows. Numbers match.

~/salisbury/stack.config
// Source of truth
QuickBooks Online
// Job ops
Buildertrend Procore Knowify CoConstruct Contractor Foreman
// Estimating
Stack PlanSwift Buildxact
// Payroll & HR
ADP Gusto QuickBooks Payroll
// Reporting layer
Custom dashboards 13-week cash WIP schedules Bank-draw package
How it works

Four phases. Ninety days. Real numbers.

01

Clean up the mess

Days 1 to 30. We fix your chart of accounts with NAHB categories. We reconcile your books. We find the money you missed.

02

Wire up your tools

Days 15 to 45. We connect QuickBooks to Buildertrend, Procore, Knowify, or CoConstruct. No more double entry. No more copy-paste.

03

Build the rhythm

Ongoing. Monthly close by the 15th. Weekly job cost reviews. You always know which jobs are printing cash and which are bleeding.

04

See the future

Day 60 plus. You get a 13-week cash map. Bank-ready WIP. A CFO in your corner every quarter.

The offer

The Builder's Financial Command Center

One flat fee. Your books and CFO-grade reporting in one system, run for you.

Our promise

Our promise: In 90 days you will see which jobs make money. Or we work free until you do.

What you getValue
  • NAHB job costing setup
    $3,500
  • QuickBooks + PM software wire-up (Buildertrend, Procore, Knowify, CoConstruct)
    $2,800
  • 13-week cash flow forecast
    $2,400
  • Weekly job cost reviews
    $3,200
  • WIP schedule for bonding and banks
    $1,800
  • Custom owner dashboard
    $1,500
  • Quarterly strategy call with a CFO
    $1,200
  • Rapid response (24 hr, 5 days a week)
    $900
  • Total value$17,300
  • Your priceFrom $2,500/mo, books included
Real owners. Real numbers.

We don't promise the moon. We point to what we already did.

$8,400
recovered in 60 days
Found $8,400 in missed change orders in the first 60 days. Paid for a full year of service in two months.
Zach
Custom home builder — $2.4M/yr
★★★★★
$34,000
retainage collected
We had $34,000 in retainage sitting on the books that nobody was chasing. One quarter with Salisbury and every dollar was collected.
Rachel K.
Commercial contractor — $6.8M/yr
★★★★★
+2.3%
margin improvement
I was guessing my margins at 18%. Real number was 15.7%. That 2.3-point gap was costing me $25K a year. Now I see it job by job, every Friday.
Dave
Remodeler — $1.1M/yr
★★★★★
36 hrs
draw turnaround (was 3 wks)
Bank-draw reports went from 3 weeks to 36 hours. My lender moved us to priority status. That alone was worth the fee.
Marcus T.
Spec builder — $3.2M/yr
★★★★★
21 days
faster collections
Cut our average AR from 52 days to 31. That freed up $180K in working capital. I bid two jobs I would have passed on before.
Adam
GC — $4.5M/yr
★★★★★

Quick message from Jenni

Stop guessing. Start seeing.

We'll find the money hiding in your books.

30 minutes. Free. We look at your books and show you exactly where cash is slipping — missed change orders, uncollected retainage, under-billings. No pitch. No pressure. You walk away with a list.

Real questions

Everything owners ask on the first call.

What do you cost?
Clean books only: $1,500 a month. The Books + CFO bundle starts at $2,500 a month. That bundles CFO-grade reporting with your books in one fee. A dedicated fractional CFO engagement starts at $5,000 a month. For scale: construction-specialist bookkeeping runs $1,800 to $4,000 a month across the market, and standalone construction CFOs run $3,000 to $9,000. Setup is $1,500 for books-only and $2,000 to $7,000 for the bundle. Catch-up cleanup is quoted separately by backlog: $500 for 3 months behind, $1,500 for 6 to 12 months, and $5,000 to $12,000 for 2+ years (priced per backlog month plus the system rebuild). The exact number goes in writing before you pay anything.
How fast do I see results?
Most contractors see the first fix in 30 days. Full job-cost clarity by day 90. We promise it in writing.
Do you only work with contractors?
Yes. 100%. Custom home builders, remodelers, GCs, spec builders, and commercial and specialty-trade contractors. We don't do restaurants. We don't do e-commerce. We do construction.
Do you use my tools?
Yes. We live in QuickBooks Online. We wire it to Buildertrend, Procore, Knowify, CoConstruct, and Contractor Foreman. If your crew is on it, we can plug into it.
Where are you?
Eagle Mountain, Utah. We serve builders all over the country. Remote-first, by design.
What if you don't fix it?
You do not pay. We work free until you see the numbers you were promised. In writing on the engagement letter.
Already on ServiceTitan?

We install custom AI on it that catches the calls you're missing.

Missed-call recovery, after-hours booking, and margin-aware dispatch — built and run by the same operator who does your books. You approve every change. The numbers stay locked.

Free resource — no call needed

The Construction Vault

8 free PDFs on NAHB job costing, WIP reporting, cash flow strategy, and more. The same guides our fractional CFO clients get on day one.

Download 8 free guides

The same playbooks our CFO clients get on day one. Yours instantly.

Ready when you are

Stop guessing. Start seeing.

Thirty minutes with Cory. You leave with a written list of the leaks we find in your books — whether or not we work together.

  • A list of leaks we found in your books
  • An honest read on whether we're the right fit
  • A quote, in writing, before you pay anything

We take 2 new clients a month. When slots close, the waitlist opens.

Or call (385) 374-9295

Cory Salisbury

You'll meet with

Cory Salisbury

Book a 30-minute profit-leak review with Cory.

You walk away with a written list of the leaks in your books — a straight, honest read.

30 minutesNo-cost analysisAn honest read90-day guarantee

What we'll cover

  • A 10-minute look at where your numbers are today.
  • 3 specific profit leaks I'd chase first for a business your size.
  • Whether we're a fit — honest yes or no, no pressure either way.
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Recovered $34,000 in forgotten retainage in Q1. Rachel K. · specialty trade, 8 GCs